1. Eric Gordon is known, in part, as the subject of a recruiting competition between the University of Illinois and Indiana University in the spring and summer of 2006; because of Gordon's talent and high level of play that year, his recruitment was the subject of media coverage.
Eric Gordon played one season of college basketball at Indiana and was considered one of the top collegiate players in the nation that year.
Eric Gordon finished his freshman season leading the Big Ten in scoring and tied for 19th in the nation at 21.5 points per game.
Eric Gordon entered the 2008 NBA draft and was selected seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Eric Gordon attended Fox Hill Elementary School, down the street from his childhood home.
Eric Gordon then attended Northview Middle School and North Central High School, where he played varsity basketball all four years.
Eric Gordon scored a record high of 43 points that night.
Eric Gordon later went on to score 50 points twice during the season.
Eric Gordon led North Central to the Indiana 4A title game his senior year.
Eric Gordon was named Indiana's "Mr Basketball" for 2007 as well as a McDonald's All-American.
Eric Gordon played on teams that included future NBA players Mike Conley Jr.
In 2005 as a sophomore in high school, Eric Gordon made an early verbal commitment to Bruce Weber, who had somewhat recently replaced Bill Self as the University of Illinois' head coach when Self left to accept the head coaching position at Kansas.
On November 30,2005, Eric Gordon made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Weber at Illinois, despite overtures from Duke, Arizona and Notre Dame.
Some reporters speculated that Eric Gordon was uninterested in playing at Indiana under Mike Davis because of Davis's lack of success.
On September 2,2006, Eric Gordon and Rose made an unofficial visit to Indiana to scrimmage with Hoosier players, fueling further speculation that Eric Gordon would switch his commitment.
Eric Gordon signed a National Letter of Intent with Indiana on November 8,2006.
Eric Gordon's announcement gave Indiana a very strong 2007 recruiting class, ranked by some analysts as the third-best incoming class in the country.
The timing of the switch was particularly damaging for Illinois, which had planned for Eric Gordon to be part of its class, and was left without a shooting guard at a time when other guards had made verbal commitments.
Eric Gordon was warmly welcomed by Indiana fans, but received sharp criticism from Illinois fans for publicly maintaining to the press his commitment to playing at Illinois until just a few weeks before he signed with Indiana.
Eric Gordon was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and made the third team All-American.
Eric Gordon set a record at IU and in the Big Ten with 669 points.
Eric Gordon was a candidate for the Wooden Award and Naismith Award, and was named second-team All-American for CBSSports.
Eric Gordon wore number 23, as he did in high school.
Eric Gordon played the second half of the season with an injured wrist.
Eric Gordon announced on April 4,2008, at 4:00pm at the Jewish Community Center that he would enter the 2008 NBA draft.
Eric Gordon was drafted with the seventh pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Eric Gordon scored 23 points in his first NBA Summer League game in the Las Vegas summer league on the campus of UNLV.
Eric Gordon played in two summer league games where he averaged 19 points and 6.5 rebounds.
Eric Gordon averaged 16.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.0 steals in 34.3 minutes per game and was the third leading scorer among all rookies.
Eric Gordon was selected to the sophomore team for the 2010 T-Mobile NBA Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam event.
Eric Gordon finished second on his team with 16.9 points, averaged 2.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists in a team-high 36.0 minutes.
Eric Gordon appeared in 62 games, and started in 60 games.
Eric Gordon led his team in scoring 16 times, steals 17 times and minutes 16 times.
Eric Gordon scored 30-plus points once and had 20-plus points 19 times.
Eric Gordon was on a scoring tear earlier in the season but was slowed down in his game against the Golden State Warriors, with a hard foul committed by Andris Biedrins, which forced Eric Gordon to be sidelined for 18 games.
Eric Gordon re-aggravated his sprained wrist the second game back against the Denver Nuggets, this time a hard foul committed by Timofey Mozgov, which gave Eric Gordon a six-game absence.
Eric Gordon finished the season as the Clippers' second-leading scorer, with 22.3 points per game.
Eric Gordon averaged 2.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.
Eric Gordon scored 30-plus points eight times and had a streak of 20 or more points for 12 consecutive games.
On February 14,2012, Eric Gordon underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his knee and was out of action for 6 weeks.
Eric Gordon finished the season with 9 games played, averaging 20.6 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists per game.
Eric Gordon entered the summer of 2012 as a restricted free agent.
On July 11,2012, Eric Gordon signed an offer sheet with the Phoenix Suns reportedly worth $58 million for four years.
On November 7,2012, Eric Gordon was sent to Los Angeles to get more personalized rehabilitation work to help in his knee recovery and to strengthen his quad muscles.
On December 29,2012, Eric Gordon made his highly anticipated season debut against the Charlotte Bobcats.
On January 5,2013, Eric Gordon returned to the starting lineup.
Eric Gordon finished the season as the Hornets' leading scorer, with 17.0 points per game, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in 42 games played.
On March 4,2014, Eric Gordon scored 28 points and was 9-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-5 on threes, and made each of his six attempts from the free throw line.
On March 21,2014, Eric Gordon left the game in the first quarter against the Hawks.
Eric Gordon subsequently missed 21 games with the injury before returning to the court on January 5,2015, against the Washington Wizards.
Eric Gordon was 141-of-315,44.8 percent, from beyond the three-point line, besting his career high by more than five percentage points, finishing second in the league behind Kyle Korver.
In Game 4, Eric Gordon recorded 29 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, but his performance was not enough as the Pelicans were swept by the Warriors in the first round.
On July 9,2016, Eric Gordon signed a four-year, $53 million contract with the Houston Rockets.
Eric Gordon was named the recipient of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, becoming the first player in franchise history to receive the award.
On September 4,2019, Eric Gordon signed a four-year, $75.6 million contract extension with the Rockets.
Eric Gordon became the third Rocket during the season to score 40 or more points in one game and the first player other than Harden to score 50 or more points in 24 years.
On February 9,2023, Eric Gordon was traded back to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team trade involving the Memphis Grizzlies.
On June 28,2023, Eric Gordon was waived by the Clippers.
On July 6,2023, Eric Gordon signed with the Phoenix Suns.
On July 10,2024, Eric Gordon signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.
On February 26,2025, Eric Gordon underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right wrist, necessitating a three month recovery period and effectively ending his season.
Eric Gordon's mother, Denise, is a native of Nassau, The Bahamas.